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Management

PPQ Phytosanitary Issues Management

Area of Coverage – Globally or by Region

Global Coverage

Andrea Simao, andrea.b.simao@usda.gov, Assistant Deputy Administrator (On detail until January 2023)

Export Specialists

Export Services(Deputy Director: Christian Dellis, christian.b.dellis@usda.gov)

Group mailbox: ppqexportservices@usda.gov

Julie Clapp, julie.l.clapp@usda.gov 

Australia, New Zealand, and the United 

Kingdom; Phytosanitary Export Database (PExD)

Allen Dawson, allen.l.dawson@usda.gov 

Africa, Europe (except the European Union), 

the Middle East, quality control and reporting

Maggie Johnson, maggie.s.johnson@usda.gov

Central America, South America, and Irradiation

Marcus McElvaine, 

marcus.mcelvaine@usda.gov 

Asia

Michael Perry, michael.j.perry@usda.gov

European Union, Export Program Manual, 

and Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance &

Tracking System (PCIT)

Terrance Wells, terrance.d.wells@usda.gov

Budget, Canada, Caribbean countries, Mexico,

U.S. territories, and Wood Products

Sarika Negi, sarika.s.negi@usda.gov, Accreditation and Certification

Policy Manager

Sean O’Brien, sean.m.obrien@usda.gov , Quality Control, Reporting, 

Special Projects

Trade Directors

Global Coverage

George Galasso, george.galasso@usda.gov

Grain Commodities

Tyrone Jones, john.t.jones@usda.gov

Wood (Forestry) Products

Amanda Elkhateeb, amanda.m.elkhateeb@usda.gov

Horticultural Products

Natalie Howe, Natalie.m.howe@usda.gov, PPQ International Technical and Regulatory Capacity Building Liaison

Africa, Europe, and the Middle East (Deputy Director: Jennifer R. Jones, jennifer.r.jones@usda.gov)

Vacant (Acting: Glenn Fowler, glenn.fowler@usda.gov) Prakash Hebbar, prakash.hebbar@usda.gov

• Algeria

• Angola

• Bahrain

• Benin

• Botswana

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cameroon

• Cape Verde

• Central African Republic

• Chad

• Comoros

• Congo

• Congo, The Democratic 

Republic of the

• Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Djibouti

• Egypt

• Equatorial Guinea

• Eritrea

• eSwatini, The Kingdom of 

(formerly Swaziland)

• Ethiopia

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

• Iran, Islamic Republic of

• Iraq

• Israel

• Jordan

• Kenya

• Kuwait

• Lebanon

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libya

• Madagascar

• Malawi

• Maldives

• Mali

• Mauritania

• Mauritius

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Oman

• Palestinian Territory

• Qatar

• Réunion

• Rwanda

• Sao Tome and Principe

• Senegal

• Seychelles

• Sierra Leone

• Somalia

• Saudi Arabia

• South Africa

• South Sudan

• Sudan

• Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)

• Tanzania, United Republic of

• Togo

• Tunisia

• Uganda

• United Arab Emirates

• Yemen

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• Albania

• Andorra

• Armenia

• Austria

• Azerbaijan

• Belarus

• Belgium

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bulgaria

• Croatia

• Cyprus

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Finland

• France

• Georgia

• Germany

• Greece

• Guernsey

• Hungary

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Italy

• Jersey

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Republic of North Macedonia

• Malta

• Moldova, Republic of

• Montenegro

• Netherlands

• Norway

• Poland

• Portugal

• Romania

• Serbia

• Slovakia

• Slovenia

• Spain

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Tajikistan

• Turkey

• Turkmenistan

• United Kingdom, which includes:

o England

o Northern Ireland

o Scotland

o Wales

Jennifer R. Jones, jennifer.r.jones@usda.gov

• Ukraine

• Uzbekistan
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Phytosanitary Issues Management – Area of Coverage (continued)

Trade Directors (continued)

The Americas and the Caribbean (Deputy Director: Patricia Abad, patricia.v.abad@usda.gov)

Amanda Elkhateeb, amanda.m.elkhateeb@usda.gov

• Anguilla

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Aruba

• Ascension Island

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Bermuda

• Bonaire

• Cayman Islands

• Curacao

• Dominica

• Falkland Islands

• Grenada

• Guadeloupe

• Haiti

• Jamaica

• Martinique

• Montserrat

• Netherlands Antilles

• Saba

• Saint Barthélemy

• Saint Helena

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Saint Lucia

• Saint Martin

• Saint Vincent and the 

Grenadines

• Sint Eustatius

• Sint Maarten

• South Georgia and the South 

Sandwich Islands

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Tristan da Cunha

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• Virgin Islands, British

Eric Longen, eric.c.longen@usda.gov Fan Wang-Cahill, fan.wang-cahill@usda.gov

• Belize

• Guatemala

• Mexico • Canada

• Costa Rica

• Panama

Sarah Hieskill, sarah.r.hieskill@usda.gov Barbara Spangler, barbara.r.spangler@usda.gov

• Colombia

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• El Salvador

• Guyana

• Honduras

• Nicaragua

• Peru

• Suriname

• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

• Argentina

• Bolivia

• Brazil

• British Antarctic Territory

• Chile

• Cuba

• French Guiana

• Paraguay

• Uruguay

Asia and the Pacific Islands (Deputy Director: Matt Messenger, matthew.t.messenger@usda.gov)

Vacant (Acting: Glenn Fowler, glenn.fowler@usda.gov) Lisa Kohl, lisa.m.kohl@usda.gov

• Bangladesh

• Pakistan

• Sri Lanka • Japan

• Philippines

• Republic of Korea (South)

• Thailand

• Viet Nam

Amanda Elkhateeb, amanda.m.elkhateeb@usda.gov

• Indonesia

Prakash Hebbar, prakash.hebbar@usda.gov Matt Messenger, matthew.t.messenger@usda.gov

• India • China

Amanda Kenney, amanda.m.kenney@usda.gov Natalie Howe, natalie.m.howe@usda.gov

• Australia

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Cook Islands

• Fiji

• French Polynesia

• Kiribati

• Marshall Islands

• Micronesia

• Nauru

• New Caledonia

• New Zealand

• Niue

• Palau

• Papua New Guinea

• Pitcairn Islands

• Samoa

• Solomon Islands

• Taiwan

• Tokelau

• Tonga

• Tuvalu

• Vanuatu

• Wallis and Futuna Islands

• Afghanistan

• Lao People's Democratic 

Republic

Charles Pierre, charles.a.pierre@usda.gov

• Bhutan

• Brunei Darussalam

• Cambodia

• Malaysia

• Mongolia

• Myanmar

• Nepal

• Russian Federation

• Singapore